Peter Goethals

11.5k total citations
366 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Peter Goethals is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Goethals has authored 366 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 200 papers in Ecology, 136 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 110 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Peter Goethals's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (127 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (103 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (58 papers). Peter Goethals is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (127 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (103 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (58 papers). Peter Goethals collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Ecuador and Ethiopia. Peter Goethals's co-authors include Niels De Pauw, Koen Lock, Pieter Boets, Ans Mouton, Long Ho, Bernard De Baets, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Wim Gabriëls, Dries Landuyt and Gert Everaert and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter Goethals

348 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Goethals Belgium 48 3.6k 2.8k 2.1k 1.5k 962 366 7.9k
Sovan Lek France 49 4.3k 1.2× 4.7k 1.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.5× 239 10.8k
Gerd Sparovek Brazil 34 2.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 2.5k 1.6× 1.1k 1.1× 118 12.0k
Craig A. Stow United States 49 2.1k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 821 0.9× 164 7.4k
Yujun Yi China 36 1.5k 0.4× 886 0.3× 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 525 0.5× 158 5.4k
Song S. Qian United States 36 1.9k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 484 0.5× 148 4.6k
Sven Erik Jørgensen Denmark 56 3.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 3.0k 2.0× 3.1k 3.2× 260 10.4k
Niels De Pauw Belgium 36 1.7k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 893 0.4× 374 0.2× 563 0.6× 124 4.1k
Anthony R. Olsen United States 27 1.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 670 0.3× 782 0.5× 413 0.4× 84 3.9k
George B. Arhonditsis Canada 45 1.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 2.9k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 203 7.4k
Fulco Ludwig Netherlands 53 1.6k 0.4× 1.8k 0.6× 4.6k 2.2× 4.5k 3.0× 1.2k 1.2× 182 10.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Goethals

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Goethals

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Goethals. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Goethals based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peter Goethals. Peter Goethals is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abd‐Elmabod, Sameh Kotb, et al.. (2025). Downscaled GRACE data reveals anthropogenic dominance in groundwater storage decline across China’s oases. Ecological Indicators. 179. 114209–114209.
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Ho, Long, Matti Barthel, Stephen J. Harris, et al.. (2024). Unravelling CH4 and N2O dynamics in tidal wetlands using natural abundance isotopes and functional genes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 196. 109497–109497. 5 indexed citations
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Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, et al.. (2024). Model-based analysis of the impact of climate change on hydrology in the Guayas River basin (Ecuador). Journal of Water and Climate Change. 15(10). 5021–5040. 1 indexed citations
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Ho, Long, Samuel Bodé, Carl Van Colen, et al.. (2024). Regulating greenhouse gas dynamics in tidal wetlands: Impacts of salinity gradients and water pollution. Journal of Environmental Management. 364. 121427–121427. 2 indexed citations
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Kim, Jongchan, Andréja Jonoski, Dimitri Solomatine, & Peter Goethals. (2023). Water Quality Modelling for Nitrate Nitrogen Control Using HEC-RAS: Case Study of Nakdong River in South Korea. Water. 15(2). 247–247. 5 indexed citations
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Goethals, Peter, et al.. (2023). Modeling greenhouse gas emissions from riverine systems: A review. Water Research. 250. 121012–121012. 12 indexed citations
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Ho, Long & Peter Goethals. (2022). Machine learning applications in river research: Trends, opportunities and challenges. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(11). 2603–2621. 32 indexed citations
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Duchateau, Luc, et al.. (2021). Bio-Control of Anopheles Mosquito Larvae Using Invertebrate Predators to Support Human Health Programs in Ethiopia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4). 1810–1810. 15 indexed citations
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Boets, Pieter, et al.. (2020). Drivers of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Equatorial Alpine Rivers of the Rwenzoris (Uganda). Water. 12(6). 1668–1668. 19 indexed citations
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Forio, Marie Anne Eurie, Niels De Troyer, Koen Lock, et al.. (2020). Small Patches of Riparian Woody Vegetation Enhance Biodiversity of Invertebrates. Water. 12(11). 3070–3070. 29 indexed citations
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Verhelst, Pieterjan, Jan Reubens, Johan Coeck, et al.. (2018). European silver eel (<i>Anguilla anguilla</i> L.) migration behaviour in a highly regulated shipping canal. 23 indexed citations
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Boets, Pieter, Thi Hanh Tien Nguyen, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, et al.. (2018). Impact assessment of local land use on ecological water quality of the Guayas river basin (Ecuador). Ecological Informatics. 48. 226–237. 25 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Thi Hanh Tien, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Pieter Boets, et al.. (2018). Threshold Responses of Macroinvertebrate Communities to Stream Velocity in Relation to Hydropower Dam: A Case Study from The Guayas River Basin (Ecuador). Water. 10(9). 1195–1195. 25 indexed citations
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Everaert, Gert, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Thi Hanh Tien Nguyen, et al.. (2016). Generalized Linear Models to Identify Key Hydromorphological and Chemical Variables Determining the Occurrence of Macroinvertebrates in the Guayas River Basin (Ecuador). Water. 8(7). 297–297. 31 indexed citations
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Mairesse, Georges H., Christophe Scavée, Nele Claes, et al.. (2013). Similar heart rates between atrial fibrillation and sinus rhythm in asymptomatic populations justify large scale screening to improve the detection of atrial fibrillation.. Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 1 indexed citations
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Willems, W., Peter Goethals, D. Van den Eynde, et al.. (2005). Where is the worm? Predicting the spatial distribution of the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766).. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations
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Adriaenssens, Veronique, Peter Goethals, Joachim Maes, et al.. (2002). Belang van referentiebeelden bij de ontwikkeling van een Estuariene Visindex voor Vlaanderen. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Gabriëls, Wim, et al.. (2000). Modelling benthic macro-invertebrate communities in Flanders using artificial neural networks. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University).
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Goethals, Peter, et al.. (1999). Automated measurement stations for river water quality monitoring. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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